Jazz, blues, and spirituals : the origins and spirituality of Black music in the United States

"At a time when many white Europeans and Americans dismissed the artistry of African-American music, Dutch art professor Hans Rookmaaker wrote in praise of its merits. This musical history explores the development of jazz, blues, spirituals, and gospel music from its earliest days until the 1950s--describing, as Dr. Rookmaaker understood them, the origins, rationale, and interplay of diverse new genres. The new edition features a preface by William Edgar, an accomplished jazz pianist and a professor at Westminster Seminary." -- Publisher, page four of cover. "Rookmaaker's music history explores the development of black music in the United States until the 1950s-describing the spiritual and cultural origins, rationale, and interplay of its diverse new genres"… (more)